Complainte
from Vingt-quatre Pièces en style libre by Louis Vierne
Background
Dedicated to Albert Perilhou.
D-flat Major 2 pages 3-4 voice texture
Registration and Organs
G. Fonds 8 doux Nasard R. Flutes 8', 4' Ped. Fonds doux 16', 8' Tirasse G.
Fingering and Pedaling
Two eight-bar sections of manuals only Pedaling throughout the rest of it A lot of extended tying in various voices Use of expression pedal for one diminuendo
Articulation and Phrasing
"Legato playing is best suited to the organ for, by the very nature of the instrument, the evenness of all notes in the same register quite naturally calls for precisely connecting these notes one after the other."[1]
Vierne stressed to make certain that the inner voices are legato and that the pedal be played legato as well. He advised "playing the black keys 'on the very edge to facilitate, when practical, sliding onto the naturals.'"[2]
Ornamentation
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Tempo and Meter
3/4, Andante moderato, quarter note = 50
Scores and Editions
File:24 Pieces en style libre, No. 3 - Complainte.pdf
Recordings
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Free Online
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Pay to Listen
A Notre-Dame de Paris: Organ Works by Vierne, Pierre Moreau, $0.99 MP3 Album
Other Resources
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Notes
- ↑ Louis Vierne,"Renseignements Généraux pour l'Interpretation de l'Œuvre d'Orgue de J.S. Bach," Œuvres pour Orgue de Bach (Paris: Éditions Maurice Senart, 1924) v.
- ↑ Rollin Smith, Louis Vierne: Organist of Notre Dame Cathedral, 571. The Complete Organ No. 3. Hillsdale, New York: Pendragon Press, 1999.
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